Just a note on weather. While there are days I sail my AI in rain or shine, hot or cold, every trip can be made safer and better with some reasonably complete weather information. It affects my decisions about how much gear and what type, which put-in to use, where to go and how long to stay. The local weather stations and their web sites donâ€™t give me sufficient data.

My recommendation is to visit the NOAA NWS homepage at http://www.nws.noaa.gov Our tax dollars have bought something very useful.

Go to Forecasts \ Local then select the link to your region. Below the regional map there are four icons. Select the â€œGraphical Forecast Imagesâ€